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So, I had heard of people pressing comics before with just an iron, and decided to give it a try. I tried just ironing out waviness, and water damage, however I found the iron to be less effective with that sort of defect. (although it will get rid of it, just with a lot of work and time) However I found an iron is the perfect way to get rid of spine rolls on a comic. All I did was put the iron with NO steam on the highest setting, realigned the roll across from the spine, held it down with my hand, and slowly ironed over the spine. I had to do this a couple of times per spine roll, so as to not rip the staples, and to do it more cleanly. I also did not iron the comic directly, I ironed it with a piece of parchment paper on top, and a flat piece of wood underneath. I ironed it by swiveling and shimmying the iron all along the spine, as I would a shirt. Make sure to not just leave the iron stationary as it might leave creases and dents from the edge of the iron. Also make sure to check for the paper getting burnt, be also aware that sometimes after prolonged iron contact the inks might be brought of the page on to the parchment paper. The results, for me, where very good, and I was very impressed with what I could do with just about 15 mins a spine roll. Check out the results below.

I attached a lot of before and after pics, they're not perfect, but there is definitely an improvement in grade and presentability, about an 0.5-1.0 bump in grade (IMO). I might've gone a little overkill with pictures, but I'm just trying to show you all I've done. I pressed out even more spine rolls, and major creases with other books.

Really anyone can do this, its super easy, and just takes some experimentation, so use a crappy $1 book, and see what you can do.

Next time you think about sending a book to get pressed, check out this post, and feel free to inquire of any details on how to do this.

HaHa ! In this case, I do not want to help this guy at all.I don't really care if he wants to ruin his own comics but what scares me is that he may put this stuff into the marketplace. And his final comment.. 'Next time you think about sending a book to get pressed, check out this post, and feel free to inquire of any details on how to do this.' really scares me. Does he really think he is doing a community service here ? Does he really believe he can do better work with an iron then a professional presser ?

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The OP is the same guy who likes PGX and recommends using their pressing services. He is clearly offering us sensible advice.

'Yeah, I understand why you wouldn't trust PGX, I do and I'd be fine with it, but I understand. To each is own, eh?' 'I realize y'all hate PGX since we're on the CGC boards, but you can just get it pressed by them for about no more than $100 if you add additional fees. So... expensive???'

HaHa ! In this case, I do not want to help this guy at all.I don't really care if he wants to ruin his own comics but what scares me is that he may put this stuff into the marketplace. And his final comment.. 'Next time you think about sending a book to get pressed, check out this post, and feel free to inquire of any details on how to do this.' really scares me. Does he really think he is doing a community service here ? Does he really believe he can do better work with an iron then a professional presser ?